The Plastiki sets sail

Plastic bottle boat on voyage to highlight marine litter.

Written by Ruth Carruthers

Posted 14:34 GMT on March 22, 2010 Comments (1)

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The Plastiki, a yacht made out of 12,000 plastic bottles, has set sail on the ultimate adventure to highlight the problem of marine litter.

The crew of six, including environmentalist David de Rothschild and skipper Jo Royle, set sail from San Francisco Bay on March 20 en route to Sydney.

The Plastiki will be spending the next 100 days sailing across the Pacific and highlighting the issue of marine litter and its impact on marine life.

You can follow the trip and find out more about the boat, the crew and their mission on the Plastiki website.

Check out our exclusive interview with Jo Royle in HUCK#016.

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Comments (1)

we were there for the launch of the plastiki! it was very cool to see it in person...we were also really hyped up to interview them on their vertical garden, from which they will enjoy kale and leafy greens of all kinds over their voyage. if you're interested we uploaded it here: http://www.yourgardenshow.com/.....latest

it really gets your mind going on what is possible for not just the future of pollution, but the future of gardening!

(btw LOVE your magazine)

Marin - March 23, 2010, 22:08 / Report abuse

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